Awesome video dude! I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one with this idea! I recommend using this in tandem with the fantastic plugin for best results as seen on my channel.

Such a good video. Thank you for making this.

thanks for the test Shane!

Awesome video man!

I had this setup for a week found that it impacts the internal fans after a long play session. What I found is most reviews only show the first 10 minutes or less of gaming. Once you go to 20+ minutes there is no difference or it actually ran 5 to 10 degrees hotter. I kept the case but removed the thermal pad and peltier cooler.

i have one of those peltier cooler fans that i use for my fold 3 when i'm gaming, the steam deck might not be able to supply anough power to feed the cooler and the fan, they ussually pull between 10-20 watts of power and they really cool the phone down, maybe not the steam deck because of the higher TDP over the cooling power of the peltier cooler, it might work if they made higher power ones that you could use with a PD wall charger. exelent video as always Shane!

Cool review dude.

Anything you recommend for screws that are stripped? The same exact screw you had a problem with is being stubborn and I can’t for the life of me get it and I don’t wanna keep going till the point of no return

I think C to A with the fan is because they intend you power it via a hub or Power bank so you can still charge the steam deck

because when the external fan cool the SD down, the first thing will happen is the internal fan will slow down. that why the tempeture drop slowly. To test exactly you need to keep the internal fan speed stay the same. this way you'll see the benefit more in internal fan speed (RPM).

That fan is a semi conductor that will frost over with no load. It would work alot better if it made direct contact with the metal plate of the deck rather than the magnetic plate it came with. Also check as I've seen them have a 50% and 100%

Im so used to my laptop fans that the steam deck fan at 7k rpm is really nothing lol. Especially since my laptop is on an IETS gt500 which is almost 2 times louder than my laptop and the deck combined. My deck never goes into the 70s and its still stock for now.

I'm using this same config and i definitely recommend it. when its docked or in handheld i use this and its amazing how well it helps. If you are also tinkering with the amount of wattage and other settings you can get temps down really well. For cyberpunk 2077 at 9-10 watts and fsr2 running with a mix of low and medium settings minus a few high setting for color and lighting it does really well. on average i can get 2.5-3.5 hours off a max battery playing the game.

I bought this because it's the only backplate that comes in purple. The thermal block doesn't really help my performance or battery life. It does delay how long before the internal fan kicks on. Im wondering what would happen if i had a usb fan blowing air onto the plate while docked.

I added a graphite pad to replace the thermal paste and it lowered the rpms by around 1k so I wonder what it would do in conjunction to the back plate. was thinking of doing the blue one

Is it safe to have the jsaux backplate removed with that sticky thermal pad?

You should try the fan over the vents. Just like PC case fans, fans are designed for airflow to pull out the heat. Not sure why they designed it to dissipate the heat.

Ok. Having a hard time finding an external intake and /or exhaust fan to fit over the vented circle on backplate V2

If I just get the backplate and play games for awhile is the back of my steam deck where that thermal pad thing is gonna be hot to the touch? If so I’m finna just take that whole thing off cuz I just ordered the backplate 😂

I cannot believe that there are no rechargeable options for the fan on the market right now. I just spent an hour digging through the entire internet. That's freaking insane. Such a heartbreak.

Tyvm

FYI JSAux has released a revised version of this backplate, which extends the aluminum down to the rear vent and includes _another_ vent right on top of the APU fan to reduce how much heat is getting to the aluminum (so it doesn't burn you quite so easily and the other components stay cooler). It sounds like they adjusted the thermal pad to not screw with airflow as much as well? Not as sure about that though...

Wait how do you have sons of the forest? Thought that didnt work on the sd

I wonder if you cut the thermal pad to about 1/4th to open up the airflow channel in the shield if it would help at all.

Just running the mod case with the rechargeable cooling fan allows it to get cooler down between 70°c and 75°c by taking the hot air directly from the top vent of the steam deck

Would a combination of the back plate and a good thermal pad on the CPU cool down the steam deck even further? A thermal pad like UFD Tech added in his video

What graphics preset were you using on sons of the forest 26 fps is extremely low … I lock 45 on low settings with cryoutilities 2.0

That thermal pad blocks air intake i would recomend cutting it a bit on the side the fan faces to hekp with that.

The cooler underperforms with less power output

I dont get the dislikes. Great review

That clear back plate is fantastic. I noticed better performance almost immediately too. Guess they knew what they were doing with that heat sync

You should add a thermal pad and do a test again!

Also learn that this back case , alters the air movement inside the steamdeck , which alters the temperature of the charging circuit. It cools the CPU but all the other components are at higher temps. Also your hangs are at risk with temps over 80C.

I just got one yesterday. It's a good idea, but the problem is that the Jsaux back plate's clips aren't aligned with the Steam Deck's OEM case. This is obvious when you hold the OEM backplate with the Jsaux one. What happens is that you will have a large gap in either the top right or top left because the back plate won't snap due to the bad positioning of the clips. Even if the clips lined up, you still need to cut out a small part of the thermal putty on the left. Why? Because if you don't, you'll be blocking the small air channel to the OEM fan. Not a big deal, and it's an easy fix. I wish that they had better QA because i really like the idea of the metal plate. I was hoping that Jsaux was another Anker or DJI. It's not.

Dudr i got thr one without a fan and that metal back plate gets HOOOOT

that fan can't do much , i have it on smartphone and barely keeping the smartphone worm while gaming but steam deck it's way more powerful for this cooler

Clear back plate looks grest

It gets hotter when you play on the screen 😅

Are people even having Cooling issues? Both mine have cooled perfectly the entire time. Extra cooling seems very unnecessary

change the back plate is changing the hardware ?? ? omg..

Bro I have the blue transparent version and honestly I feel like my deck is even hotter now. I am running Cyberpunk 2077 at 89c WTF.... IT WASNT THAT BAD BEFORE. .. & the plate on the back that's for heat dissipation, will BURN THE FOOOOK OUTTA you, I have learned from experience.

That cooler pulls too much power to be powered by the steam deck. You need to retest with a 20w charger

So it sucks?

I'm hoping they make a version of this with solid black plastic, I love the idea of the aluminum plate to help dissipate more heat, just personally not a fan of the 90's translucent plastic look.